place

place

a. An area with definite or indefinite boundaries; a portion of space.

b. Room or space, especially adequate space: There is place for everyone at the back of the room.

2.

a. The particular portion of space occupied by or allocated to a person or thing.

b. A building or an area set aside for a specified purpose: a place of worship.

3.

a. A dwelling; a house: bought a place on the lake.

b. A business establishment or office.

c. A locality, such as a town or city: visited many places.

4. Abbr. Pl. A public square or street with houses in a town.

5.

a. A space in which one person, such as a passenger or spectator, can sit or stand.

b. A setting for one person at a table.

6. A position regarded as belonging to someone or something else; stead: She was chosen in his place.

7. A particular point that one has reached, as in a book: I have lost my place.

8. A particular spot, as on the body: the place that hurts.

9.

a. The proper or designated role or function: the place of the media in a free society.

b. The proper or customary position or order: These books are out of place.

c. A suitable setting or occasion: not the place to argue.

d. The appropriate right or duty: not her place to criticize.

10. Social station: He overstepped his place.

11. A particular situation or circumstance: Put yourself in my place.

12. High rank or status.

13. A job, post, or position: found a place in the company.

14. Relative position in a series; standing.

15. Games Second position for betting purposes, as in a horserace.

16. The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument: in the first place.

17. Mathematics A position in a numeral or series.

v.placed, plac·ing, plac·es

v.tr.

1. To put in or as if in a particular place or position; set.

2. To put in a specified relation or order: Place the words in alphabetical order.

3. To offer for consideration: placed the matter before the board.

4. To find accommodation or employment for.

5. To put into a particular condition: placed him under arrest.

6. To arrange for the publication or display of: place an advertisement in the newspaper.

7. To appoint to a post: placed her in a key position.

8.

a. To rank in an order or sequence: I'd place him second best.

b. To estimate: placed the distance at 100 feet.

9. To identify or classify in a particular context: could not place that person's face.

10.

a. To give an order for: place a bet.

b. To apply or arrange for: place an order.

c. To make or obtain a connection for (a telephone call).

11. To sell (a new issue of stock, bonds, or other securities).

12. To adjust (one's voice) for the best possible effects.

v.intr.

To be among those who finish a competition or race, especially to finish second.

Phrasal Verb:

place out

To qualify for a waiver of a requirement or prerequisite: placed out of a freshman composition class.

Idioms:

all over the place

In or to many locations; everywhere: Film is sold all over the place.

in place

1. In the appropriate or usual position or order: With everything in place, she started the slide show.

2. In the same spot; without moving forwards or backwards: While marching in place, the band played a popular tune.

in place of

Instead of.

keep/know(one's) place

To recognize one's social position and act according to traditional decorum.

place in the sun

A dominant or favorable position or situation.

[Middle English, from Old English plæce and Old French place, open space (from Medieval Latin placea, from Vulgar Latin *plattea), both from Latin platēa, broad street, from Greek plateia (hodos), broad (street), feminine of platus; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]

place′a·ble adj.

plac′er n.

place

(pleɪs)

n

1. a particular point or part of space or of a surface, esp that occupied by a person or thing

2. (Human Geography) a geographical point, such as a town, city, etc

3. a position or rank in a sequence or order

4. (Human Geography)

a. an open square lined with houses of a similar type in a city or town

b. (capital when part of a street name): Grosvenor Place.

5. space or room

6. a house or living quarters

7. a country house with grounds

8. any building or area set aside for a specific purpose

9. a passage in a book, play, film, etc: to lose one's place.

10. proper or appropriate position or time: he still thinks a woman's place is in the home.

11. right or original position: put it back in its place.

12. suitable, appropriate, or customary surroundings (esp in the phrases out of place, in place)

13. right, prerogative, or duty: it is your place to give a speech.

14. appointment, position, or job: a place at college.

15. position, condition, or state: if I were in your place.

16.

a. a space or seat, as at a dining table

b. (as modifier): place mat.

17. (Mathematics) maths the relative position of a digit in a number. See also decimal place

18. (General Sporting Terms) any of the best times in a race

19. (Horse Racing) horse racing

a. Brit the first, second, or third position at the finish

b. USandCanadian the first or usually the second position at the finish

place

You can use place after an adjective when you are describing a building, room, town, or area of land. For example, instead of saying 'Paris is nice', you can say 'Paris is a nice place'.

I love this village  it's a beautiful place.

Their new house is a really comfortable place.

2. saying where something is

You can say where something is using the place whereÉ. For example, you can say 'This is the place where I parked my car'.

He reached the place where I was standing.

This is the place where we leave our school bags.

Be Careful!Don't use a to-infinitive after a place where. Don't say, for example, 'I'm looking for a place where to park my car'. Say 'I'm looking for a place to park my car' or 'I'm looking for a place where I can park my car'. You can also say 'I'm looking for somewhere to park my car'.

He was looking for a place to hide.

Is there a place where you can go swimming?

We had to find somewhere to live.

3. 'anywhere'

In British English, you don't usually use 'place' after 'any' in questions or negative statements. Don't say, for example, 'She never goes to any place alone'. You say 'She never goes anywhere alone'.

I decided not to go anywhere in the summer holidays.

Is there a spare seat anywhere?

In American English, anyplace is sometimes used instead of anywhere.

He doesn't stay anyplace for very long.

4. 'there'

Don't use 'that place' to refer to somewhere that has just been mentioned. Don't say, for example, 'I threw my bag on the ground and left it in that place'. You say 'I threw my bag on the ground and left it there'.

I moved to London and soon found a job there.

I must go home. Bill is there on his own.

5. 'room'

Don't use 'place' as an uncountable noun to refer to an open or empty area. Use room or space instead. Room is more likely to be used when you are talking about space inside an enclosed area.

crest, summit, top, peak, tip, crown - the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit"

point - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"

rendezvous - a place where people meet; "he was waiting for them at the rendezvous"

layer, stratum, level - an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"

4.

place - a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago"

locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity - a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"

5.

place - the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"

role, function, office, part - the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"

behalf - as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of"); "the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child"; "this letter is written on behalf of my client";

6.

place - a particular situation; "If you were in my place what would you do?"

item, point - a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first"

postposition - (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier after the word that it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix after the base to which it is attached)

preposition - (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)

put back, replace - put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"

stratify - form, arrange, or deposit in layers; "The fish are stratified in barrels"; "The rock was stratified by the force of the water"; "A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses"

plant - place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive; "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment"

intersperse - place at intervals in or among; "intersperse exclamation marks in the text"

snuggle, nestle - position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow"

pile - place or lay as if in a pile; "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"

arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

aim, take aim, train, direct, take - point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"

situate, locate - determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property"

move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

site, locate, place - assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"

15.

place - finish second or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to place"

race, run - compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"

16.

place - sing a note with the correct pitch

sing - produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"

g. (in series, rank) in the first/second place → in primo/secondo luogoshe took second place in the race → si è piazzataor è arrivata seconda nella garashe took second place in the exam → ha preso il secondo miglior voto all'esameA won, with B in second place → A ha vinto e B è finito secondo

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